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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1892
Page
4
A late night monologue unfolds where a woman frets over a delayed lover. She quips about punctuality and plans a Paris gown surprise, while anticipating the visitor. The scene ends with a doorbell and the name Tom Lansing appears.
J H Beadle recounts old time New Year's beliefs in the lower Wabash valley around 1850. He notes calls of watch night and the shift from superstitions to religious observances as communities joined in quiet, homely New Year cheer.
The piece argues against rapid fashion in New Year rituals and urges restoring the old time genuineness of festive custom. It laments the loss of poetry in hurried modern life and calls for renewing fraternal spirit and pious grace.
Dialogue shows Mrs Gabb urging appetite of her delicate son Mrs Gadd notes his delicacy The boy recalls his mother made him eat a hull lot before the meal Good News
The article lists diverse curiosities and biographical snippets. It notes Senator Palmer and wife as Washington pedestrians, Henry Stanley educating rescued enslaved boys, Bismarck saving a groom, Ernest Longfellow resembling his father, General Lew Wallace’s morning routine, and a parade of scholars and dignitaries. It mentions a two foot tall midget acrobat in Berlin, the 101-year survivor of Trafalgar, a New Zealand governor general’s Maori named son Huia, and J A Halderman receiving the Sacred White Elephant decoration from Siam along with two other English speakers in rare honor.
A Chicago Tribune snippet depicts a showman introducing a chimpanzee as the nearest to a human among monkeys, correcting a spectator who pokes the animal. The scene includes a Jersey City visitor and a shout about bathing in a sewer, with a Life magazine aside about a bald spot.
The report notes the Pennsylvania railroad opening a new depot in Trenton and describes expansions including two large freight depots in Indianapolis. It records China’s vast population with limited rail, line changes in New Jersey, improvements to the Choctaw road, and proposals to standardize bills of lading via the Interstate Commerce Commission.
A catalog of new jewelry ideas includes a foldable carpenter’s rule shaped match box and cuff button checkerboard of jet and diamonds. Highlights feature an expansible bracelet with toggle lever, a rose leaf spoon bowl, a pea pod brooch, a white heart and emerald serpent motif, a spill‑proof tea strainer, and a daisy linked bracelet with pink centerpiece diamond.
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